Funniest comedian in your Lifetime

[ROBBOTOO]

Difficult as times change, so don’t have an overall favourite.

My personal favourites based on watching over the years, not basing on personalities off stage as I’ve never met them...

Dave Allen ... sat in that chair with his cigarette.

Ronnie Corbett... sat in that chair telling stories, started off about something, went off track totally and then came back finish to the original story. Hysterical.

Jasper Carrott, so funny, saw him live and he was great.

Peter Kay was great live.

Recent comedians...

Rhodd Gilbert
Kevin Bridges
and
Rich Hall

[Smilesonfaces]

My favourites are Ronnie Barker, Victoria Wood and Rowan Atkinson but only as Mr Bean.

[disney332]

TC

Electricity is a wonderful thing. Do you realise that of we didn’t have electricity we’d be watching television by candle light?

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[Lostbrain]

Went to see Lenny Henry when I was at university, I've never ever laughed so much, I couldn't catch my breath, on the train home my friends and I couldn't stop grinning, it was like our faces were stuck, my cheeks were sore.

Went to see him the next year and it was so-so, don't think I'll ever laugh as hard again as I did that night, sometimes live comedy is just so perfect.

I've rarely been disappointed with a night at the comedy store, can't wait to get back to live entertainment.

[janeywaney]

Billy Connolly Lee Mack, John Bishop. Are my favourites
I also like Chris Addison and Jack Whitehall and Rhod Gilbert
I loved Morecambe and Wise and the Two Ronnies.

I was lucky enough to see Ken Dodd in Scarborough one year, oh how we laughed!

I love to laugh, life’s too short not to! 😊

Jane

[MOUSEMARSH]

Anybody remember Mike Harding? It was in my head earlier but couldn't bring his name to mind, he did some really funny songs and was never rude.

[Smilesonfaces]

Originally Posted by MOUSEMARSH

Anybody remember Mike Harding? It was in my head earlier but couldn't bring his name to mind, he did some really funny songs and was never rude.

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The Rochdale Cowboy !

[mick]

Originally Posted by MOUSEMARSH

Anybody remember Mike Harding? It was in my head earlier but couldn't bring his name to mind, he did some really funny songs and was never rude.

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I do remember him. He had a folk music programme on Radio 2 a good few years ago.

Oddly I do remember a slightly risqué joke of his. About a former girlfriend who used to walk round town with a mattress strapped to her back in case she bumped into anyone she knew.

Mick

[disney332]

Originally Posted by MOUSEMARSH

Anybody remember Mike Harding? It was in my head earlier but couldn't bring his name to mind, he did some really funny songs and was never rude.

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Remember Uncle Joes Mint Balls ? Full lyrics...


Now there’s a place in Wigan a place you all should know
A busy little factory where things are all the go
They don’t make Jakes or Eccles Cakes or things to stick on walls
But night and day they work away at Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls

Chorus (to be sung after each verse)

Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls keep you all aglow
Give ’em to your grannie and watch the beggar go
Away with coughs and sniffles, take a few in hand
Suck ’em and see, you’ll agree
They’re the best in all the land

Me dad has always wanted curly hair on his bald head
Suck an Uncle Joe’s Mint Ball that’s what the doctor said
So he got an Uncle Joe’s Mint Ball and sucked it all night long
When he got up next morning, he’d hairs all over his tongue

Me uncle Albert passed away from ale upon the brain
The doctors said that he were dead and would never walk again
So they gave the corpse an Uncle Joe’s and then stood back aghast
Cos the corpse jumped up and ran to the pub and spent the insurance brass

Me granny said me granddad ‘e were gettin’ old and slow
And fire in grandad’s boiler ‘ad gone out long ago
So ‘e got an Uncle Joe’s Mint Ball, sucked it all the night
But his hot breath singed her vest and set the bed alight

We ‘ad a pigeon it were bald and couldn’t fly too fast
Never won places in the races, always come in last
Though it were bald, no feathers at all it won a race one day
We give it an Uncle Joe’s Mint Ball and it ran al’t bloody way

I had a girl her name was May in passion she were lackin’
Fed ‘er with whisky to make ‘er frisky, still she wouldn’t get crackin’
So I gave her an Uncle Joe’s Mint Ball to get ‘er all aglow
Now she combs the streets of Wigan, looking for Uncle Joe!

We gave some to the coalman’s ‘orse as it stood in the road
It gave a cough then beggared off with it’s cart an’ load
It ran onto the racecourse going like a bird
Covered the track with nutty slack and came first, second and third

The RSPCA have bought six tons of Uncle Joe’s
To give to all the animules to keep ’em all aglow
Our budgie now is six foot tall, the cat is eight foot three
And all the poor brass monkeys are as happy as can be.

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[walt4it]

The comedic genius of Billy Connolly remains unsurpassed. I would also add into the thread an amazing comedian from the 1960's . Always described by the big yin as a huge influence on his career - the incredible Chic Murray so many have him to thank them both for their modern day stand up careers.